LINCOLN -- It's a Friday for prize fights. The NSAA's move to a two-day, two-site quarterfinal format certainly did one thing. It produced knockout semifinal matchup's for Friday. The biggest question for you, is where do you want to go? Let's rundown the first two...
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State Boys Basketball Projected Pairings
The Nebraska boys state basketball tournament begins next Wednesday in Lincoln at Pinnacle Bank Arena and the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Our Tony Chapman has the projected pairings. All finals will be Saturday, March 11 at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Class A (all games at...
A State Girls Hoops Primer
The Nebraska girls state basketball tournament begins on Wednesday morning at 9:00 in Lincoln with (gulp) another new format for 2023, but hopefully that should last for a while now. Let's recap. The tournament survived 2020 by ending the week before the Covid-19...
Remembering Rusty
TOP OF THE HILL, HOOKER COUNTY — There is a certain peace and tranquility about the Sandhills of Nebraska. The openness. The movement of the land. The wind blowing across whichever two-lane highway you might be traveling on. That nearly everything can be described by...
Class B – D2 Boys District Final Pairings
Sites and times are being finalized for the 2023 district finals in boys basketball for classes C-1 to D-2. All Class B games will be played at home sites. Games will be Monday and Tuesday with winners advancing to the state tournament in Lincoln, which begins on...
State Girls Basketball Projected Pairings
The Nebraska girls state basketball tournament begins on Wednesday in Lincoln at Pinnacle Bank Arena and the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Our Tony Chapman has the projected pairings. All finals will be Saturday, March 4 at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Class A (all games at...
Class B Girls District Final Pairings
The final 16 teams are set for the Class B district championship games which will be played at home sites on Saturday. Winners will advance to the state tournament in Lincoln. Class B quarterfinals will be played on Thursday, March 2 at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Here are...
Girls Basketball Coaches Poll: 02.20.23
Each week during the high school basketball season, select coaches from the six Nebraska classes rate the teams in their class and our Tony Chapman compiles the rankings. Here are the ratings for February 20, with records as of games played on Saturday, February 18....
Projected Class A Boys District Pairings
The Class A district pairings will be released on Tuesday (allowing today for a final scrub of out of state games), but it does not appear we will have much change in the current points so we can predict seedings and pairings for games that will lead us to the Class A...






